Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; New Milton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is seeking a Trainee Optical Assistant dedicated to providing exceptional customer service in a retail environment. The role involves creating a welcoming store atmosphere and ensuring patients receive top-notch care. With full-time hours and ample training opportunities, this position is ideal for those beginning their career in optics.

Benefits

In store discount

Bonus and incentives

Day off for your birthday

Excellent progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Great teamwork and communication skills.
• Confidence in using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding store environment for customers.
• Ensure every patient receives the best care.
• Engage and support customers effectively.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Initiative

Communication

Education

Cert 3 and Cert 4 (BTech equivalents)

Job description

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So, you’re a proactive people person, passionate about retail and offering the best customer service? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. So, if you’ve ever considered a career in optics, this Trainee Optical Assistant role could be perfect for you.

As a Trainee Optical Assistant, you don’t need to have previous experience, you just need to be prepared to create an outstanding store environment for both our customers and our team, making sure every patient receives the best care in our stores.

Our store

Specsavers New Milton

Our team

Training provided by a friendly and welcoming team with fantastic progression opportunities - Cert 3, Cert 4 (BTech equivalents)

What’s on Offer?

• Full time hours - 40 a week
• Weekend working is an essential part of this role
• Starting salary up to £25,800 an hour depending on age
• In store discount
• Bonus and incentives
• Day off for your birthday
• Excellent progression opportunites
• Great transport links and local free parking
  
  

What we’re looking for?

If this is still sounding like a bit of you, we do need you to have a few skills to get started as a Trainee Optical Assistant.

These include:

• Passion for providing excellent customer service and making customers’ lives easier
• Great teamwork
• A good initiative
• Confidence in using IT systems
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Prepared to step out of your comfort zone and try something new
• Able to receive feedback and be open to development, knowing we’ll be there to support and guide you throughout your process (with your openness and our guidance, your opportunities will be endless).
  
  

Find out more

If you’ve got all these skills, we’d love for you to apply, but there’s also some desirable experience that could set you apart from the competition if you have it.

This includes:

• Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment
• A desire to learn, develop and grow a career
  
  

Checked all the boxes? Now’s the perfect time to apply!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Internship

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other and Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Retail

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